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Talkin' Honky Blues
Studio album by Buck 65
Released	November 4, 2003 (2003-11-04)
Genre	Hip hop, country
Length	57:14
Label	WEA
Producer	The Entity
Buck 65 chronology
Square (2002) Talkin' Honky Blues (2003) This Right Here Is Buck 65 (2005)
Singles from Talkin' Honky Blues
"Wicked and Weird" Released: 2003 "463" Released: 2004 "Sore" Released: 2004

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Canoe.ca	favorable
Christgau's Consumer Guide	A
Drowned in Sound	6/10
Exclaim!	favorable
The Guardian
Hot Press	4.5/5
Hour Community
Pitchfork	7.6/10
Vice	favorable

Talkin' Honky Blues is a studio album by Canadian hip hop musician Buck 65. It was released on WEA in 2003. The album won the 2004 Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year.

Critical reception

Sean Carruthers of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying: "Instead of jazzy or funky backing tracks, most of the tracks here crib heavily from country, which is where the 'honky' comes in: this is the sort of thing that Buck 65 grew up with and what influenced him." He described it as "a beat poetry album with hip hop beats." Rollie Pemberton of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.6 out of 10, saying, " has discovered a happy medium between folk and rap, turning his initial disdain for the lack of innovation in hip-hop into a more diverse sound." Terry Sawyer of PopMatters named it the best album of 2003.

In 2005, Jason Richards of Now called it " most accessible album". In 2007, Dan Weiss of Stylus Magazine placed it at number 6 on the "Top 10 Alt-Country Greats Not Recorded by Uncle Tupelo" list.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Buck 65 – lyrics, beats, turntables, recording, mixing
• Graeme Campbell – MIDI, other computer stuff, recording, mixing
• Charles Austin – guitar, stringed things, recording, mixing
• Dale Murray – pedal steel guitar
• Andrew Glencross – keyboards
• Michael Catano – drums
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• Jenn McIntyre – art direction, design, illustration
• Ingram Barss – photography
• Jenn McIntyre – photography
• Patrick Duffy – layout
• Jenn Hirst – A&R
• Steve Blair – A&R

Charts

References

1. ^ Carruthers, Sean. "Talkin' Honky Blues - Buck 65". AllMusic. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
2. Sterdan, Darryl (December 7, 2004). "Talkin' Honky Blues". Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on September 2, 2013. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
3. ^ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Buck 65". Christgau's Consumer Guide. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
4. Hayward, Daniel (November 25, 2003). "Buck 65 - Talkin' Honky Blues". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
5. Quinlan, Thomas (September 2003). "Buck 65 Talkin' Honky Blues". Exclaim!. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
6. Simpson, Dave (August 29, 2003). "Buck 65: Talkin' Honky Blues". The Guardian. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
7. Udell, Phil (September 19, 2003). "Talkin' Honky Blues". Hot Press. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
8. Chamberlain, Mike (October 9, 2003). "Buck 65 - Talkin' Honky Blues". Hour Community. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
9. ^ Pemberton, Rollie (September 23, 2003). "Buck 65 - Talkin' Honky Blues". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
10. Casey, Brad (July 16, 2014). "Retrospective Review: Buck 65's 'Talkin' Honkey Blues'". Vice. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
11. Tillson, Tamsen (April 5, 2004). "Roberts, Nickelback top Juno awards". Variety. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
12. Sawyer, Terry (December 18, 2003). "Best Music of 2003 | Terry Sawyer". PopMatters. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
13. Richards, Jason (July 7, 2005). "Buck passing - Buck 65's slow ascent to stardom". Now. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
14. Weiss, Dan (August 17, 2007). "Top 10 Alt-Country Greats Not Recorded by Uncle Tupelo". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
15. "Lescharts.com – Buck 65 – Talkin' Honky Blues". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 20, 2018.

External links

• Talkin' Honky Blues at Discogs (list of releases)

• 2003 albums
• Buck 65 albums
• Warner Music Group albums
• Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year albums